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UNITED STATE PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES OHESWRIGHT, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

MACHINE FOYR CAPSULING-QBOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,890, dated June 6, 1882. Application filed February 15, 1882. (No model.) Patented in France November 10, 1881, No.145,'l50.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES CHESWRIGHT,

-a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, and

. ing the operations.

In the drawings which serve to illustrate my invention, Figure '1 is a front elevation of my improved machine, and Fig.2 is a vertical midsection of the same, taken at right angles to Fig. 1.

A is a press-frame, and B is a screw-plunger, mounted therein and operated by a lever or hand-wheel, L.

O is a metallic boxing, arranged to slide in the frame A, and coupled to the screw B in a well-known way.

C is also a metallic boxing, constructed like 0, mounted to slide in the frame A and upheld by a strong spring, E.

. In the boxes 0 O are fixed by dovetails two 7 semicircular segments,D D, of vulcanized rubher, which, when brought together, as in Fig. 1, form a circular opening. The points a a, where these rubber segments contact, are cut 7 on a bevel or angle of abnut'tortvfi ve degrees,

to bring the shoulder on the bottle-neck at the proper point relatively to the clamping-segments, I mount a fixed nut, I, on the lower boxing, O, and mount in this nut a screw, G, provided with a disk, F, on its end, and an operating wheel or crank, H. It is only necessary to set the risk F properly, and the operator may then enter the bottle-neck until the head of the capsule touches the said disk. This device forms asim ple and readily-adjustable gage.

The rubber segments being of a yielding material, their use enables my machine to'be employed without changing the segments for a wide range of bottles having necks of difl'erentsizes and shapes. 7 I

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim- 1. A machine for capsuling bottles, having semicircular clamping and plaiting segments made from an elastic and yielding material, whereby said segments are enabled to adapt themselves to bottle-necks of various shapes and sizes, as set forth.

2. The combination,to form acapsuling-machine, of a press-frame and screw and upper sliding boxing coupled to the screw, a lower sliding boxing elastically mounted, and the rubber segments D D, all constructed and arranged substantially as set forth.

3. The combination'of the frame A, screw B, boxings O 0, rubber segments D D, springs E, nut I, screw G, and disk F, all constructed and arranged to operate substantially as set forth. a I

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed mynamein the presence of two subscribin g witnesses.

CHARLES (JHESWRIGHT.

Witnesses:

GEORGE WALKER, ARMENGAUD, J eune. 

